Martial Arts: I Have Diligence Reward System

"Of course, certain areas are quite special; without the Divine Elder's approval, we dare not let the Young Master in, it's too dangerous."

The Fifth-Grade Martial Artist quickly said.

"Like what?"

Su Yue frowned.

Dangerous places must be secret locations of the Black Armor.

If he could find the secret chamber of the Black Armor, perhaps he could uncover some secrets.

"Under that peak, there's a secret chamber. No one may step within 20 meters of it, you must not go there, it truly is life-threatening.

"If you're curious, Young Master, you can wait for the Divine Elder to return, and go together with him; I lack the authority."

The Fifth-Grade Martial Artist pointed towards the west.

"I understand, go on with your own business, I don't like being disturbed."

Su Yue looked at the secret chamber, heart pounding wildly.

He had a gut feeling that the secret regarding the Frost Vine Armor was in the secret chamber.

For the next hour, Su Yue walked around like a rich heir inspecting his estate, wandering here and there.

Along the way, all the martial artists were respectful and deferential.

And Su Yue maintained his usual aloof demeanor, not sparing a glance for this group of servants.

Even two Sixth-Grade Grandmasters were particularly courteous to Su Yue.

Finally, Su Yue reached the back of the hill where the secret chamber was located.

This place was more secluded, and Su Yue sitting quietly here wouldn't arouse any suspicion.

His situation was special, the Black Armor surely had spies watching him, and using the deaf-and-blind skill required staring at structures.

Staring at the secret chamber for no reason would surely arouse suspicion.

But at the back of the hill, things appeared much more normal.

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Diligence Points -5000

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As the system prompt sounded in his mind, Su Yue's vision instantly became transparent.

Meanwhile, Su Yue's heart also began pounding wildly.

In the secret chamber, there were dozens of elderly members of the Yangxiang Race, as expected, researching something.

Yes.

It was the Frost Vine Armor.

No! It was the Frost Vine Insect.

In some green stone vessels, there were indeed many long insects swimming around.

Moreover, Su Yue saw very clearly that these long insects were indeed woven into the state of Frost Vine Armor, seemingly unable to unbind themselves after being revived.

Exactly.

That's how it was. After being revived, they still couldn't unbind themselves, so they could only struggle; with bodies so long, they couldn't possibly unbind themselves with their own intelligence.

At this moment, the mystery that had been haunting Su Yue's heart was finally solved.

It turned out the Frost Vine Armor was similar to earthworms.

When revived, they could attach all nearby limbs to themselves,

regardless of whether the limbs were originally theirs.

These single-cell long insects usually have very low demands on their survival environment.

On the other side of the secret chamber, over twenty members of the Yangxiang Race were tied to pillars.

Each of them was gaunt and emaciated, clearly over-tormented; one member with bulging eyes looked like he wanted to commit suicide, but simply couldn't do it.

That group of the Yangxiang Race recorded many things on bark tablets, and the items on the table were very disorganized.

Clearly, the Yangxiang Race wanted to investigate a detoxification method to neutralize the poison of the Frost Vine Insect.

Those bound members of the Yangxiang Race were experimental subjects.

On the ground, there were also some corpses of the Yangxiang Race, which were already decomposing.

Su Yue suppressed his inner shock.

Indeed.

The Purple Soup hadn't deceived him.

The Frost Vine Insects existed, and after being revived, they indeed could cause martial artists extreme pain, driving them mad; even among the bound martial artists, there were Fifth-Grade Martial Artists tormented to the brink of insanity.

Once poisoned, the outcome was a fate worse than death.

Simply horrifying.

"What are those researchers murmuring about?"

Su Yue watched for a while, gaining only this information.

At that moment, several members of the Yangxiang Race seemed to be arguing.

"Resume eavesdropping."

Su Yue focused his mind.

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Diligence Points -5000

Diligence Points -10000

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Spending a total of 15000 Diligence Points.

Using only X-ray vision or eavesdropping costs 5000 points.

However, if combined, the cost doubles.

Su Yue glanced at the system.

Damn it, only 98451 left.

Dropping below 100,000 once more.

Su Yue felt liver pain from the frustration.

For the sake of the human race, his sacrifice was paramount.

However, Su Yue's eavesdropping was timely.

Several members of the Yangxiang Race were arguing about the Frost Vine Armor, each furiously expressing their viewpoints, which unexpectedly benefited Su Yue.

He successfully gleaned some crucial information:

First, the reason he cannot awaken the Frost Vine Insect is due to insufficient power.

The Frost Vine Insect can only be awakened by a Grandmaster, and it requires mastering a special revival tactic as well.

Second, the Yangxiang Race has made no progress on the poison of the Frost Vine Insect despite researching for several years.

The focus of the Yangxiang Race's argument was how to handle the experimental subjects.

The experimental subjects were now useless, so they needed to be disposed of; the bodies would decay in three days, so they must be dealt with within three days.

However, unfortunately, the Frost Vine Insects residing in them were still alive.

In the past, Grandmasters disposed of bodies, but recently Grandmasters had followed the Divine Elder to the coalition forces.

So the clash among these fifth-grade experts was intense.

No one wanted to die; if infected by the Frost Vine Insect's poison, there was only death awaiting.

Yet these bodies simply must be dealt with.

Thus, the dispute among the Yangxiang Race persisted endlessly.

Su Yue couldn't be bothered with their arguments, instead focusing on some stone tablets in the secret chamber.

These stone tablets were the Black Armor's research notes.